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WhatsoVever You Are Endeavoring

Father Divine’s Message-

‘ The Banquet Tablbe,‘1SZ-160

at

West

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126th St., N... York City,

, g Thursday, April 5, 1934——7.°00 P. M.
_ It was a mighty Host that ﬁlled the 126th Street Extension of
the Kingdom in New York City, on the Evening of April 5th, sing-

.  ' ing ‘Praises to the Presence and Power ‘of God, and shouting for

joy at the Holy Presence of His Bodily F.orm, as.Father served the
great _ Banquet ‘Table, with its overﬂowing Abundance. HA new

i vfeatureof. the freshly decorated Dining Room, was a large Sign,

hung on the right hand Balcony by loving hands, reading,—-‘G 0 D
>—-FATHER DIVINE,’ ‘HAS MADE US LAW-ABIDLING CITI-

  , ZENS.’. 1

.Many were present, who had

been members of the party hav-

A ing made a recent Bus trip to California and return, carrying the

‘good news of’Father’s Presence, what He had done for them, and
how He had taught them to live, and many testimonies of Thanks.
giving came forth from these, for His Goodness to them on the trip.

g ,There were present, also, many of Father’s Children from Cali-

'fornia,iwho had made their mental and Spiritual contact after re-

"c-...:iv‘ing the Message, and had some to New York to the Personal-

‘iioriy, drawn by Father’s Love.

‘ -‘nition of Father bya party of three
.thre~n—-Repligious ,Workers from
ilanidy , Ontario, ' Port "A Colborne, On-

- and Detroit, Michigan, respec-

._—O;11e of ‘ these, said ,_in’fpart I

These, and others from various

 parts. of the iWest, also gave Father Praise and Thanks for this
 great privilege, and for His Wonderful Blessings.
 iA'O11tsta11ding,i however, was the rec-y I

for they are just as operative

 V ave built ‘with the

, ,of*.ma.n“;jis the very chaff. . . 

V dear tFathe.r,fIe"’thankt You 1 if You
accept me as I am....I have
brought two other witnesses with me,
and dear Father, I mean what I say

c When Isay I come as a little child,

1y1i110WieI1g, nothing what what I have

heard. I shall teach hereafter, only
that which is permitted by Thy
Spirit, dear Father, for no wisdom
ever was received by any man that
was worth while, for that was chaﬂ
V only....Dear Father, give me more
‘ Faith, let me not carry any chaﬁ here-
after, and Dear Father, as I am a
Disciple of Christ, allow me to come

direct to God, the Livingcod, Who

is manifested greater than any Scrip-
‘ ture has ever revealed. ...The World
is waiting on Thee, dear Father, for
their redemption, for there is no other
way out but'the front door, and that
is You....Dear Father, I will feel it

greatly if I hear again from You that

I am accepted as I am. I will never
sin, dear Father, and I will withstand
any test, shall it be with ﬁre, or death.
I thank You dear Father.’

Gioing God

 t V Your , Whole Heart

In response, Father Sang with His
Mighty Love, His Original Composi-
tion,-= . -

‘l’llVbe with you, I'll be with you,
1 I'll be with you all the way.’
‘I’11 stand by you, I’ll stand by you,

I'll stand by you all the way.’

 -At the conclusionof the Song, the
two others of the party referred to,
added. their recognition and declara-
tions, and another Song came. forth
by inspiration, which Father took up
as follow_s*:— ,
. ‘You. are in another Day, Praise God,‘
i i you are in another Day.

Vvpfslire happy all your way, My gentle

vvoice obey. " '
You are in another Day, Praise God,
Q — you are in another Day.

A S Oh shout the victory.’

A A ‘Oh: you need not doubt, and you. need

A notfear,
‘For Jesus Christ your Lord is here.
All. rivers crossed, there’s nomore
sea, ‘ '

- You are-in this Land to stay.’

‘You are in another Day, Praise God,
etc.’ ' A
 ~ . s< 1: is _

Good health, goodwill and a good
These beautiful and perfect
attributes or characteristics we are
calling into operation, as we‘ have

 called tlieminto operation from time
; V: VtoV,tim.e‘ before tonight.

V V o It is indeed
wonderful! But for those ‘of you that
have not 7 become to be partakers of

 these beautiful attributes, or character-

istics, whichever, I am imparting the-kin

* t ’ iglitj and am calling them into oper- .

. sirable characteristics and attributes,‘

as we may call them, and they are en-
joying the limitless blessings that
come through them. Therefore I can
say they are as operative foryou as
they are for them———those through
which these blessings come. It is in-
deed Wonderful! _ 

For this cause we are rejoicing, and
we are exceedingly glad to see the dif-
ferent individuals coming to this recog-
nition, coming willing and ready to
serve God whole-heartedly. It is in-
deed wonderful! The stress is upon
the whole-heartedness. If you are
willing to serve God partially, it is not
so stressful as it is when your are
willing to serve God whole-heartedly.
This is veriﬁed when you shall have
come to this place in consciousness.
It is veriﬁed—that which He has said,
“Come unto Me, all ye that labor. and
are heavy laden, ‘and I will give you
rest; take My Yoke upon you and
learn of Me, for I am meek and’ lowly
in heart, and thou shalt ﬁnd rest for
thy souls.”' When you shall have come
to this place in consciousness wherein
you are willing and ready to serve
God whole-heartedly, then and there
you will ﬁnd rest for your soul, and
also for your body. It is indeed won-
derful! ‘ '

Rest for
The Soul

It is such a privilege to know’ your

souls and your bodies are one, when

they are rightfully brought into sub-
jection to Him that Liveth Forever.
The Spirit and the Power of the Al-
mighty, He Controls one, and He Con-
trols the other. Hence it is fulﬁlled
and veriﬁed this day in your hearing,
‘Come unto Me, all ye that labor and
are heavyladen, and I will giveyou
rest.” Firstly, I have given you rest
for your body. I have given you all
relaxation and recreation, and the
privilege to stop and rest for a few
days. When you shall have taken upon
yourselves My Yoke—My Statutes—-
and learned of Me, you will find rest
for your souls yourselves. It is indeed
wonderful! That is the mystery.
Christ, in the Name of Jesus, gave the
people a "rest for the body, humanly
speaking, when they were true and
faithful and were governed by their
highest intuition, but by taking upon
themselves the yoke of the Christ Con-
sciousness and learning of Him, they
ﬁnd rest for their souls themselves.
Then and there your soul and your
body become to be one. They -are
united together as the Father and the
Son when you shall have brought your
body into subjection to the Spirit and
the Christ Consciousness.
as are led by the Spirit of God, they
are the Sons of God.”_ Your physical"
(Continued on page 7) A

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“A male Child Shall z.....a  

Childreniin Line of March of Paradeoiiin New York City on Easter Sunda)’

v “As many V

in smooth of
Crimes Committed
Follows Conversion

Woman Sends Statement
Through Father to Police
Department A

may M J DIVINE

District Attorney's‘ Oiﬁice, and
Police Department,
Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Honorable Sirs:

I write as I wish to advise, I, Rev.
M. J. Divine, better known as Father
Divine, have one Bertha Harris here

under My instructions having been

converted unto God, having made a
full confession of her sins and for-
saken them, and returned unto God to
live both an Evangelical and also a
legitimate life, endeavoring to be a
law-abiding citizen,_ according to the
profession of her faith, she has made
open confession that she committed
many crimes of minor offenses in your
State, but having come to this part of
the country, hearing of Me and coming
to MY public meetings, she has been
convinced and converted and forsaken
such crimes, and she desires to con-
fess ‘to the authorities as well as unto
man, of all of her sins according to
My instructions. ‘And this she has
done under separate cover.

She has sent your Honor a letter in
her own hand writing, making the
open confession, willing to abide by
the consequence, whatsoever is just
and right. . .

According to My teaching" thousands
andthousands are being reformed and
transformed and becoming to be new
creatures, and are living decent, re-
spectable and legitimate lives, by con-
fessing and forsaking their sins, and
this is one among many from all parts
-of the world that has done same.
According to the Scripture, we are
taught and" we teach, “He that con-
fesses his sins and forsakes them,
shall have mercy.” Therefore, I am
bringing this matter to your atten-
tion, that she and all that are con-
cerned might be freed fromVcondemna-
tion. ‘

If further information is required,
please communicate with correspond-
ence to the above address. I hope this
will prove to be of mutual beneﬁt to
all that are ‘involved and to all that
may be interested. Q

Respectfully, I AM
, REV. M. J. DIVINE.
(Better known as Father Divine)

2094 5th Avenue‘
New York City.
March 24, 1934.
Police Department, -
Pine Bluff, Arkansas,
To the Oﬁicials of Jefferson County.’
I, Bertha Harris, better known as
Bertha Pointer, was arrested quite a
few times in your City on diﬂerent
charges. - A A
I wasconvicted only once. The offl-
cials found a small quantity of liquor
in my possession. I was arrested and
paid la. fine for $59.00, but ‘everytime
(Continued ‘on page 4).“ A

A a way to have the Blessed Saviour

“dren looked, and to) their great sur-

My First Thanksgiving

F -ather, you’ve cured my sin-
ful eyes

A-nd all of myother sins,

T-ook every stains outof {my
heart ‘

H-ere on this sinful earth.

E-ternal One to Thee I come

R-unning for Life and Love.

D-ivinely F a. 's"all I need
' e, in walk,

’ old ‘ enemy ’

ire;

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ar‘r,iv'ed~’ lin— *Mon‘7tgomery,V .« Alabama, ‘

llirong on Srprise
Visit to Kingdom

‘Sudden Appearance at
Meeting on 63rd -St.

Greeted with En-
thusiastic Applause

“OUR FATHER’S MESSAGE”
at the
63:! Street Auditorium
204 West 63d Street
New York City
On V
Monday Evening, April 2, I 93
Time:-9:-45 P. M.

Father all of a sudden sprung up
from His Chair in the Oﬂice and put
aside the Lecture which Hewas proof-
reading. While He was about to leave
the Office the Walter came up to an-
nounce the. Evening Banquet, but
someone had sent a Message by Mental
Telepathy, and through their sincerity
they had made a. direct contact; there-
fore, when Father received this call
He stole away to the above Extension,
to answer the request sent by the chil-
dren there over the Universal Spiritual
Wires, and the Message was dispatched
quicker than a ﬂash. No modern
scientiﬁc pmeans of communication
could possibly transmit and remit the
Message from one point to another in.
so short a space of time, as it is pos-
sible to do over the -Mental and
Spiritual Wireless, so with thousands
standing and sitting down in Our
Dining Room, waitingfor the Banquet
to start, Father slipped in His Car
with some of the Secretaries to bless
the children down at the 63d Street
Extension, who were less fortunatejnp

with them Personally as often as those
who lived and those who attended the
Headquarters at 115th Street. How-
ever, Father had advised that the Ban-
quet could be served at the regular
hour if this Was desired. ‘

Praise and .
Testimony \

In less than ﬁfteen minutes‘ we were
entering the Auditorium of the Ex-
tension. As the door opened the chil-

‘ “Yes,”

.VtContinued io‘n’ page’ 6) I

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Sod Sends essage»
lhroogli Follower

1 To imprisoned ll-loo

Miss iAbel Tells ‘of Visit’ to
Scottsboro Boys in p
A -Alabama V C

2 .116 V7. 117th St.,  Y. C.
S Apt; 15 I

Sunday afternoon about 5 one thirty.
Went to'the.Y. w. 0. A. ‘The next
morning after ‘reading one of your
lessons, I asked you to guide me and
lead me as I knew I could not accom-
plish anythingiofniyself. I had asked
you the night before to waken me in
time to catch’ the Bus I was-to take to

resume my journey at one place where ,

I had to change, and Father, you did
"wake me up just before the Bus was
ready to pull out. Thank You Father.

I went into the ten cent store, had
a lunch, went out again, when a lady
stopped me and said, “aren’t you the
lady that was on the Bus yesterday?”
I said, “I was on the Bus.”
She wanted to know where I was
‘stopping. I told her, but that I was
going to look for a cheaper room. She
asked me to come and see her room
and if I liked it, I could share it with
her, so I went with her. ‘She had in-
formation I wanted all right, but I
would not have stayed there for any-
thing. Her Son had been in Prison

for‘the last six years and she had A

stayed where she could see him. She
gave me the name of a man who had,
on a Sunday afternoon, taken his

‘Church Choir out to the Prison to give

them a little entertainment. She said
this man was a Preacher, and worked
in the Post Office. ‘There were several
other ladies in the room and they
were curious to know what I was do-
ing in the South as I had said it was
my ﬁrst visit South. I told them I
was a Missionary, in the interest of

the so and so people, then it was II

got the name of Mr. Saffold. Father,
I told these people about you and the
wonderful. work you are doing; they
loved tohear me tell them, and asked
‘mean about it. I left them some
literature; they begged me to come
back and tell them more. '
I walked about two and a half
miles to Mr. Saffold’s, got there at
two. After hearing my errand,’ I was
invited in and also invited‘ to have
dinner with them. You Blessed me
so wonderfully, -Father, while I was
telling them about you. Thank You
Father. I also left them some litera-
ture. Mr. Saffold at ﬁrst thought he
could get me into the Prison by asking
the Post Master General fora permit,
but on second thought he said I will
take you to the Chaplain. He took me
with him in his car on his wayto‘ his
work; We stopped at this Chaplain’s
home. I was introduced to him,-he
was in the garden. VMr.'Saffold told.
him I was there in the interest of
these boys and asked him to take. me
with him to the prison that I might
talk to them. The Chaplain said,‘ “I
won’t do any such thing, I am not.
going to get messed up in anything.”
Mr. Saffold said; “take her in the
house‘ and let her V tell V you " her story.”

, Board of Directors,‘

A of I Herrickville, Pa.

for resignation. fromimembership in

' today

Church Christ Scientist, Washington,

Committees.

, (Continued on page’ 7)

;~‘

obedient to‘ the instructions ‘set‘ forth

fencer Member‘ of Christian Science  

  GVrouoReciies Reasons lorScvering 

oiiii Illoll1erCl1urcl1 

ilis Connection

Is Now a‘ Devout Believe

r in Teachings ofV.Fa.t_lier.

Divine After Twenty Years as an.
' Officer in Science Church. 

V. 1545 N. w. 6th Street, ”
Miami, Fla., Mar. 30, 1934.

The -First"Church of Christ Scientist,
Boston, Mass. ‘
Gentlemen:

I am enclosing herewith, copy of
letter I have this day, written Mr.
Ezra W. Palmer, Clerk, in response to
an inquiry from him as to my reason
for resigning from The Mother
Church. . ’ C

1545‘N. W. 6th Street,
Miami,‘ Fla., Mar. 30, 1934.
Mr. Ezra W. Palmer, Clerk, M
First Church Christ Scientist,
Bo_s'ton,gMa.ss._ _, S, - '

Dear Mr. Palmer: ,

I have your kind letter of March
20th relative to mine to you asking
for my dismissal of membership in
The Mother Church. ‘ _
A In re, Mrs. Hummer, her *name
formerly was Mrs. Minnie; A. Stark

“In the second paragraph of your
letter you ask me_ to give you reasons

not know- existed. The Geometric

ﬁgure of the Ellipse has opened to me
a New Heaven and anew ‘Earth in its
dual Foci meaning. ‘It shows to me
that God has spoken to his people
throughout all time and is doing so
in unequivocal Mathematics.
Heretofore I have been unable to
realize this but now I know’ and in
consequence my mind and my desire
and my holiest wish are at rest.

Secondly, in New York City is a
Teacher, Father Divine, who is demon-
strating to a-hungering-and-thirsting
after-Go,d-world, that a greater than
Jesus. has come to ‘us again. Jesus
said this should come, and 10, It is
here. I do not say a greater than
Christ, for _Chirst, is, always in-
variable. »

I have always been deeply apprecia-
tive of, and grateful to Mrs. Eddy--—
even as _I am today. My regard for
her vision, courage, lselﬂessness and
love and demonstration stands and
always will. A

Sincerely yours,
James D. Hummer.

Supplementing this letter, I am
herewith laying certain facts before
you. in the. matter ofvtreatment myself’
and wife‘ have received from the First
Church of Christ Scientist, Miami, in
response to our request for letters of
dismissal‘ from this church. Since it
is my intention to take the necessary
steps to obtain-these letters of dis--
missal and clear our names and posi-
tion, I feel you should have the full
details, and ask you to further bear
with me. .

I have been a member of the Chris-
tian Science Church for twenty years,
being a charter member of Second

D. ‘C. which I joinedin 1913. In -that
church .I_ served for eight years as,
-Usher; served on the Distribution
Committee’; Lecture Committee and
others; served on the Board of Direc-
tors for two yearsor more. A ' .
I came to Miami, Fla. in 1922 an
joined First Church Christ Scientists,
l1ere,- where I1have taught ’ in the
Sunday School for ‘seven years;
ushered for five years; was Head
Usher for two years; and resigned
from that to serve on the Board of
Directors for a term of three. years;
also have served on numerous other
I acted asV Reader on the
Jail Service Committee and ~was‘ on
that Committee, up to ten days. before
I asked for my letter. a 1
Mrs. Hummer joined the Christian
Science Church in 1898 and has like-
wise served on various committees-
throughout this_period of years. In
writing the local church for our
letters of dismissal, we frankly. stated
that We had always been loyal -and

in Mrs. Eddy’s writings, but "tl1e’time 
had -now come when _we felt“  ’ i 
wanted ot search elsewhere and along”,
other lines than Christian Science and 7
for this reason we were asking for 
our letters. A few days after we were I 

waited upon‘ by a member :of"the

Ensign, who brought with him? in
what purported to be as friendly way,-

stated to them our intention and-Vtlie

church. Within aweek afterwards we
“Show Cause” why our names should

for us to appear before the ‘B-oard and
show reason why our names should.
not be dropped, as there was no reason‘

‘there were no charges against either

011 March 20th, the following, letter
(Registered _Mail  re-. - _ .  ‘

was received
ceipt requested) _ V . 
“InVorder to keep Christian ,Science
pure our I Leader, Mary V Baker I Ed‘dy_
set forth? ‘ I ‘

instructio "A
for T teaching a pract'ic'ing“  L
physical healing.”

violated this admonition.

(Signed) Board of Directors,
' Louisa Parker, Clerk.

letters and calling their attentionto

which fully-gives us the rights wears
demanding. . . I _ , 
“Miscellaneous writings Page 358;

students have fulﬁlled. all" thegood.

mvinced that by leaving the material
forms thereof a higher spiritual unity
is won, then is the time to follow the
example of the Alma Mater.
organization is requisite in the.be-
ginning; but when it has done its

teaching and preaching must be
adopted.” .

to 11—“LikeV our nation, Christian
Science has its Declaration of Inde-
pendence.
inalienable 1'ig'hts, among, which are
self-government, reason, - and con-
science. Man is properly selfgoverned
only when he is guided rightlyand

governed by his Maker, divine Trlltll/_A>,:’ ,

and Love.” . ‘ L . 
Science <1’: Health Page 447'; lines. 1

right of self-government.” * ' , " »
Science at Health Page .8; line 3-=-

heart.” '

We have
letter. A V V .

In the Manual of The ‘Mother
Church, Art. IV, Sec. 1, your attention-
By-law——“In'struction in Christian
—der‘this By—1aw I am “Dropped” by:
the Board of Directors of First.Ch.Vu‘rch
Scientist, Miami. 4
lows: ‘ Inireading aught for the pur-

of my identiﬁcation with the Christian
Science movement, I never-usedlother

my healing and spiritual guidance.
My presence on Committees -as‘ well as
my recognized church standing veriﬁes

(AC0n"tinu‘e,d"on pajge,74;)"f ‘  

I .

one Harry G. Gloss, and we again’ A.

On March 20th. we again wrotefthe‘
Board the third time asking for‘/our‘,

the following statements by Mrs. Eddy he

ends of organization, and are con-’

Material ‘

Science to Health Page 106; Zinesfﬁ 7'

God has endowed men with’

and 2-“The heavenlylaw is broken’
by trespassing upon man’s individual

“We need never to despair of an honest i

received no ieply to this I

is called to lines 11 and 12 of‘ this

Science.” If you will observe it isun- I

than the teachings of Mrs.‘ Eddy for,

Board of Directors, one Walter C... "

purpose of our withdrawing from the 74

received notices, sent by Registered
Mail, to appear before the Board.‘ and r

not be Vdropped.” We replied to these , I
letters, stating there was no "reason 

for same being done: that we werem}
members in good standing and as-

of us, we again» requested our letters. rd

“By your own admission youVhave,_> _'
Therefore, ~
following our notice to you, of March .-
9th. we have on this date dropped
your name from our membership 1goll.”'=

line 30 to line 4 next page-—~“When of 

work, the purely Christly method,__,of.—:,-. ,;

I say to you as fol-« 

pose of informing myself inmy nfewlyip 
accepted studies, I am not coming un‘-I A ‘
der the classiﬁcation of ‘»‘self-govern—' y
ment ‘in Christian Science?’~as set ,
forth’ in this article. . 1 _ I - A
Duringthe period of twenty years "

this. I also disagree with the thou-ght  A
that through studying ‘Father Divi-ne’s I